Shame in ShakespeareOne of the most intense and painful of our human passions, shame is typically seen in contemporary culture as a disability or a disease to be cured. Shakespeare's ultimately positive portrayal of the emotion challenges this view. Drawing on philosophers and theorists of shame, Shame in Shakespeare analyses the shame and humiliation suffered by the tragic hero, providing not only a new approach to Shakespeare but a committed and provocative argument for reclaiming shame. The volume provides: · an account of previous traditions of shame and of the Renaissance context · a thematic map of the rich manifestations of both masculine and feminine shame in Shakespeare · detailed readings of Hamlet, Othello, and King Lear · an analysis of the limitations of Roman shame in Antony and Cleopatra and Coriolanus · a polemical discussion of the fortunes of shame in modern literature after Shakespeare. The book presents a Shakespearean vision of shame as the way to the world outside the self. It establishes the continued vitality and relevance of Shakespeare and offers a fresh and exciting way of seeing his tragedies. |
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... but Schneider argues that Nietzsche reinstates this conception of shame as self-loss and of the sense of shame as a mode of self-protection in Beyond Good and Evil (ibid.: 16–17). I shall return later to the fact that ...
... but Schneider argues that Nietzsche reinstates this conception of shame as self-loss and of the sense of shame as a mode of self-protection in Beyond Good and Evil (ibid.: 16–17). I shall return later to the fact that ...
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... they have convincingly shown that societies such as Japan and ancient Greece depend heavily on the sanction of social exposure, as well as paving the way for the more nuanced reconsiderations of later writers.
... they have convincingly shown that societies such as Japan and ancient Greece depend heavily on the sanction of social exposure, as well as paving the way for the more nuanced reconsiderations of later writers.
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It is not always reliable; the subject may later find that it has accepted under pressure a standard not really its own. Alternatively, it may decide that its sense of self is unrealistic or impossible and so revise it.
It is not always reliable; the subject may later find that it has accepted under pressure a standard not really its own. Alternatively, it may decide that its sense of self is unrealistic or impossible and so revise it.
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Democritus makes an important distinction, one which has eluded many later thinkers, including Dodds, when he urges, Do not say or do what is base, even when you are alone. Learn to feel shame in your own eyes much more than before ...
Democritus makes an important distinction, one which has eluded many later thinkers, including Dodds, when he urges, Do not say or do what is base, even when you are alone. Learn to feel shame in your own eyes much more than before ...
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Contents
Shame in the Renaissance | |
Shame in Shakespeare | |
Hamlet | |
Othello | |
King Lear | |
Antony and Cleopatra and Coriolanus | |
Conclusion | |
Notes | |
References | |
Index | |
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Shame in Shakespeare Ewan Fernie,Lecturer in English at Royal Holloway Ewan Fernie Limited preview - 2002 |
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| Title | Shame in Shakespeare Accents on Shakespeare |
| Author | Ewan Fernie |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2012 |
| ISBN | 1134514603, 9781134514601 |
| Length | 288 pages |
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